Vestry

Vestry Members Serving Until January 2025


Vestry Members Serving Until January 2026


Vestry Members Serving Until January 2027


The Vestry of All Saints is made up of 15 members, one third of whom are elected for a three-year term each year at the annual parish meeting in the fall. The Vestry elects the Senior and Junior Wardens from among its members for the coming year at the November vestry meeting. Traditionally, the current years’ Junior Warden is elected Senior Warden the following year. The legal standing of a Parish Vestry is drawn from three sources: Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church, the Charter and Canons of the Diocese of Alabama, and parish customs and published vestry policies.


Each program/activity of the church falls under the oversight of a committee. Each committee has a chair and meets on a regular basis. The purpose of the committee is to organize, facilitate, and recruit resources for the program or activity, and to ensure flow of information to and from the commission overseeing that committee. Each committee falls under the oversight of one of four commissions. Commissions are headed by a Commissioner who is responsible for the group of related committees and their activities in the parish. Each commissioner is a member of and reports to the Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee serves as a clearinghouse and information conduit between the commissions and the vestry. The Rector presides over the monthly Advisory Committee meetings. The Vestry normally meets the third Monday evening of each month at 6pm, and occasionally for special meetings. There is a retreat held at the end of January for all members of the Vestry.


Vestry Responsibilities

The vestry of any Episcopal parish has four primary responsibilities. It serves as the legislative authority for the parish and shall transact all of the temporal business of the parish.

01

Take care of the parish finances

02

Care and maintain parish facilities

03

Choose parish leadership

04

Assist the Rector in the nurture and extension of Christ’s Church

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